London 2012 Olympics: Australian Olympic kit revealed

Australia have stuck with tradition for their Olympic kit and will wear simple
green and gold outfits, in stark contrast to Team GB's all-blue kit, based
around Stella McCartney's "modernised" Union Flag.

Unmistakably Australian, the uniforms, also produced by German sportswear giant adidas, will feature green bottoms, gold tops, kangaroo motifs and the Southern Cross.

World champion hurdler Sally Pearson was the main model at the launch, showing off the athletics competition outfit of green cycling shorts with a gold piping and a Southern Cross on the back and a yellow-gold athletics top with 'AUSTRALIA' across the front.

Speaking at the launch, Pearson expressed just how comfortable she was with the kit. "There's not much of it. It's like a little bikini," she said. "In a way, it still feels like your skin, so it's kind of like you are naked."

Some 62 per cent of Telegraph Sport readers responding to an online poll last week said they did not like McCartney's designs for the kit, with most criticism surrounding the lack of red in the pieces.

And the Australians' decision to stick with a simple, yet patriotic, adidas kit is likely to annoy critics of the GB uniforms even further.